The creator of cult TV cartoon Family Guy has been revealed as the host of the 2013 Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles.

Seth MacFarlane was announced as the choice by first-time Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who said they were "thrilled" about their choice.

"His performing skills blend perfectly with our ideas for making the show entertaining and fresh," the new producers said in a statement.

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This is his first time hosting the Academy Awards and he called the opportunity "an overwhelming privilege".

"My thoughts upon hearing the news were, one, I will do my utmost to live up to the high standards set forth by my predecessors; and two, I hope they don't find out I hosted the Charlie Sheen roast," he said.

Nominations for the 85th annual Oscars will be announced on January 10 - nearly a week earlier than traditionally revealed and ahead of the Golden Globe Awards - with the ceremony being held on February 24.

The 2012 event was hosted by veteran compere Billy Crystal, who was brought back when 2011's ratings dived 9% after it was co-hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco.

Oscar night,da da da da da daa Oscar nightI think it's good to see that the host Seth McFarlane is also nominated for an Oscar with 'The Achievement for music in a motion picture' with Ted,has that ever happened before,where the Host is also nominated?

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleNominees:Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln (2012)Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables (2012)Joaquin Phoenix for The Master (2012)Denzel Washington for Flight (2012/I)

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleNominees:Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)Emmanuelle Riva for Amour (2012)Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)Naomi Watts for The Impossible (2012)

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting RoleNominees:Alan Arkin for Argo (2012)Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master (2012)Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln (2012)Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained (2012)

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting RoleNominees:Amy Adams for The Master (2012)Sally Field for Lincoln (2012)Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012)Helen Hunt for The Sessions (2012)Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

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Best Achievement in DirectingNominees:Michael Haneke for Amour (2012)Ang Lee for Life of Pi (2012)David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)Steven Spielberg for Lincoln (2012)Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Best Documentary, FeaturesNominees:5 Broken Cameras (2011): Emad Burnat, Guy DavidiThe Gatekeepers (2012): To Be DeterminedHow to Survive a Plague (2012): To Be DeterminedThe Invisible War (2012): To Be DeterminedSearching for Sugar Man (2012): To Be Determined

Oscar night,da da da da da daa Oscar nightI think it's good to see that the host Seth McFarlane is also nominated for an Oscar with 'The Achievement for music in a motion picture' with Ted,has that ever happened before,where the Host is also nominated?

Thu 10 Jan 10:00am,Sir Sean Connery may join other James Bond actors in a tribute to the secret agent at the Oscars.Academy bosses are hoping to coax the film legend out of retirement to join fellow 007 stars - including current Bond actor Daniel Craig, Sir Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan - on stage at next month's ceremony in a four-minute celebration to mark 50 years of the film franchise.

Landing the 82-year-old actor - who starred in the very first film featuring the suave MI6 agent, 1962's 'Dr. No' - would be a major coup as he has previously turned down previous offers to unite the actors due to his 40-year feud with producers over his salary and treatment while making seven of the 23 Bond films.The latest offer is said to be a ''different proposition'', with an Oscars insider told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''Sir Sean has been invited to take to the stage along with Daniel and the other 007s. As yet, we've not had a no from him. Normally he is quick to turn things down.''Sean's relationship with the Oscars is good and we're hoping he'll appear. His issues with the Bond producers are not our business and we hope he will overlook that as we pay tribute to what he has done.''

Producers are also planning to have singer Adele perform her hit song 'Skyfall' - taken from the latest Bond film of the same name - at the 85th annual Academy Awards on February 24. 'Skyfall' became the first film in the franchise's 50-year history to gross $1 billion worldwide, and the song is expected to receive a Best Original Song nod when nominations are announced later today (10.01.13).The source added: ''We're very close to getting Adele to talk to us about a performance too. Until she is officially nominated this week for the best film song Oscar, we can't invite her.''

How great would that be?,and lets be honest here,it may be the last chance we get of seeing all Bonds together

I wouldn't go that far (he was better than Whoopie), but some of his misses were just as big orbigger than his hits. That Abe Lincoln joke wasn't funny because it was offensive, it was offensive because it wasn't funny, for example. Which they knew because of the follow up remark they had ready to go.

I wouldn't go that far (he was better than Whoopie), but some of his misses were just as big orbigger than his hits. That Abe Lincoln joke wasn't funny because it was offensive, it was offensive because it wasn't funny, for example. Which they knew because of the follow up remark they had ready to go.

OTOH, "We Saw Your Boobs" was hilarious.

I actually thought the Lincoln joke was hilarious. I also loved the Sound of Music gag

While I don't find Seth my cup of tea (I did buy "Ted" on DVD), TV critics complaining about it or decrying it as the end of Western civilization should remember it was the Academy's idea. I mean, if they don't want lewd, crass humor then ya know, don't ask Seth McFarlane to host the Oscars. If he was tasteful and so forth, well, that wouldn't be Seth, he wouldn't be being true to himself. They obviously thought they needed someone like that to inject some life into the show. I give him total credit for being himself even if I personally don't find him terribly funny.

Anyway, it would be like hiring The Sex Pistols and The Clash to play at a Royal Wedding and then complaining they trashed the place.

This is sort of beside the point that unless a 900 lb Gorilla that everyone saw hogs the major awards (Titanic, LOTR: Return of the King etc. in the "modern era"), the Oscar ratings are generally awful annually, probably in part because all the other shows (Globes, etc.) waters down interest in the show. It doesn't help that by the time late February rolls around nearly all the films have moved on to DVD. Silver Linings Playbook is actually an exception this year, still in the top 10 box office wise in N. America 15 weeks after release.

And honestly, why can't they just cut the 45-60 minutes of musical crap and finish the show at 11 p.m. Eastern. Wouldn't that be nice?

While "Family Guy" funny guy Seth MacFarlane literally said "no way" when asked whether he would return to host the Academy Awards again, he might just get the chance to change his mind all "No way! Way!" "Wayne's World" style here soon.

As detailed by Cinema Blend, yesterday producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron were confirmed to return for the 2014 Oscars and are rumored to have asked MacFarlane to give the show another go.